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Old March 23rd, 2008, 01:58 AM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly,rec.outdoors.fishing.fly.tying
Mike McGuire[_3_]
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Sprattoo wrote:
On Mar 21, 1:28 pm, Scott Seidman wrote:
Ken Fortenberry wrote in news:Q%
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The best fly tying light I've ever owned or even seen:
https://www.solux.net/cgi-bin/tlistore/tasklamps.html
This is truly a quality product and I recommend it highly.
The reason for the post, the prices on these lamps are going
to increase on April 1. If you have ever considered a SoLux
for fly tying you only have til the end of the month to beat
the price hike.
Usual disclaimer: no affiliation other than happy customer.

Solux is local in Rochester. The owner has been very helpful with our
senior design class, working with our students to develop a dental product
using his bulbs. A very nice man, and generous with his time.

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Scott
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Are those mini halogen lamps?


They are halogen lamps with a blue filter to shift their effective color
temperature to something like noon daylight. This costs efficiency
because it takes more watts to get the same luminance. The need and
usefulness of this for fly tying is at best a matter of taste. Fish
don't see color the same as humans do, so the notion that one is making
a close match to the color of a natural as fish sees it with fly tying
material is rather illusory. Another light system that is hyped a lot is
this Ott Lamp. The same critique applies to it.

Mike